Wendy W @WendyW@qoto.org

#Introduction for my new followers. Thanks for following! ❤️

A forty-something single guy traveling the world with his dog 🐶. Everything I own fits in a 30kg + 10kg bag. I own 10 pairs of underwear. 😉 I like minimalism, I don't need houses or cars to please. I prefer absolute freedom.

I love to learn about new cultures and fully engage with them. I condemn all forms of racism and hate speech. 🤚🏼 1/2

X makes me think of rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic

Do you support the ULEZ, or do you support ‘unacceptably high’ child illness and death? No option C available, so you have to pick. #ULEZexpansion #London #AirPollution https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/28/ulez-key-to-tackling-unacceptably-high-child-illness-and-death-doctors-say

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I don’t quite understand how Meta can see Twitter being slowly dismantled, have years of understanding of what users actually want from Twitter, and then build something that’s worse than Twitter.

#yeg #COVID19AB wastewater counts are at nearly the lowest it's been since the beginning of monitoring... and I REALLY hope it stays that way...

https://covid-tracker.chi-csm.ca/

A great (and heartbreaking) article about the Cosmologist Catherine Heymans, the Astronomer Royal of Scotland. It was supposed to be about the amazing science she does - it still is, but it is also about long covid and the incredible resilience in the face of a life coming apart:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/may/02/catherine-heymans-dark-universe-the-cosmologist-battling-long-covid

#astrodon #astronomy #LongCovid #cosmology #WomenInSTEM

#dogsofmastodon

Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid slammed into what is today the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico. The impact was so forceful that it kicked a tremendous amount of debris out of the atmosphere, which then rained back down, blanketing the Earth's surface with a layer of dust.

All that debris re-entering the atmosphere created a pulse of heat so strong that it set the world on fire.

Wishing everyone a great day, except those who start their DMs with "I hope this message finds you well." For them, I hope they accidentally step on a LEGO, reminding them that there are better ways to start a (sales) conversation.

#EstablishTrustFirstSellLater #sales #coldoutreach #LEGO ;-)

"Burn Fat, Not Oil," is my new favourite punchline.

I don't listen to #podcasts much - but 99% invisible is one notable exception. One of their recent episodes is about while the Netherlands is such a good biking country - and no, it's not because it's flat or because it doesn't snow here much:

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/de-fiets-is-niets/

I've not ridden a bike from the age of 12 to the age of 34 and here I am now, happily cycling 11km to work on my ebike!

#biking #bike #fahrrad #mdrza #

#Violet knows what the sounds of the linen closet opening and the bathtub faucet turning mean...

#DogsOfMastodon

Suella Braverman is listed as a speaker at the upcoming "National Conservatism" event.

Natcon is a radical Christian nationalist movement which demands immigration moratoriums and opposes the “grave threat” of “ever more radical forms of sexual license and experimentation".

https://bylinetimes.com/2023/04/05/suella-braverman-to-address-radical-national-conservatism-event-with-ties-to-us-right/

🔴 'VOTER SUPPRESSION': Huge Numbers Set to Lose Vote as Only 2.5% Of 'Missing Millions' Apply for Voter ID

With weeks until the local elections, just 50,000 out of an estimated two million voters without photo ID have applied.

https://bylinetimes.com/2023/04/05/voter-suppression-huge-numbers-set-to-lose-vote-as-only-2-5-of-missing-millions-apply-for-voter-id/